- The Massachusetts Film Bureau is gone and the The Massachusetts Sports and Entertainment (formerly "film") Commission is back to just dealing with sports...
- The The Massachusetts Film Office is back and better than ever. Director Nick Paleologos Is accomplishing great things and drawing dozens of major movie productions. (Hey, maybe now they'll finally build that soundstage in Charlestown - or maybe not...)
- and there's Boston Screen Partners
- speaking of Charlestown - check out the Irish Gangsta project Townies
- Actually, if you're working in Beantown or planning to, check out The City of Boston Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events Film Office
- Which is not to be confused with Boston Bureau Productions An independent live television and video production facility.
- The Boston Video Production Discussion Group is now EVILMORSEL.
- But wait, there's even more groups organized to help! Like Central Productions a non profit support organization for local filmmakers.
- and speaking of non-profits - check out Art Venture Funding which is dedicated to funding the arts in New England!
- VisualBoston
- Like 'Because of Winn-Dixie', 'Holes' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia'? They were produced by Walden Media of Boston
- And there's the Boston Motion Picture Awards (Because One Good Film Deserves Another)... hmmm... does that make sense? This is a competition, not a festival - the brainchild of the folks at 7 Fluid Oz. Productons LLP
- and speaking of specialty film festivals... The Boston Bike Film Festival
- and for science fiction & fantasy film fans there's Cauldron Con and The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival celebrated its 31st anneversary in 2006
- And there's The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
- and NIEVA has ... not quite a festival but an important event: The Sign Language Film Showcase at the Orpheum Theater, Foxboro MA in January 2006 featuring the first ever computer graphics cartoon in sign language!
- The Independent Film Festival of Boston is another great venue.
- - and there are still a few production companies like
- HSSW member Francine Pellegrino's Pellegrino Productions
- and Chad Stewart's Princebury Productions - producers of "The Board Room"
- and HSSW Alum Geva Patz's company Mindgame Films Website is alas
- J P Ouellette's Yankee Classic Pictures - or
- Robbins Entertainment is gone - Mitch made "Next Stop Wonderland" and did a lot for New England films and gave a lot of people their start - his company will be missed - but
- Robert Patton-Spruill's Filmshack
- Cathartic Filmworks (makers of 'Dirt Boy' and 'Orphan' - check out clips on their website - or better yet - buy a dvd!!
- Liquid Lunch Productions is busy making features and shorts - and hosting a Movie and Martinis Night (or is that Martini and Movies?...)
- RA Vision , Raouf Zaki's company, is busy as ever
- Tom Snyder Productions is still going strong
- and watch for Angel/Devil Productions (they'll get the site going soon...!)
- Just south of Boston Marc Brown Studios produces the great PBS/WGBH cartoon series "Arthur"
- and another local show The Pantom Gourmet !
- And further south in Holbrook is Living Reel Productions is making docs and a whole lot more!
- ONE11 Productions a/k/a The Indie Group is on Comcast Cable in Boston - channel 23
- Diginovations is active in Concord MA
- as is the nature video production company Brownbag Productions
- and Bootleg Productions is just down the road in Sudbury (check out Larry The Movie too)
- take a look at what Jodom Pictures is up to
- Lost Jockey Productions is in Boston and is making the feature film "Aerodynamics"
- Andrew Potter Productions is sharing the art of storytelling through digital media production
- Silente Media is in Boston
- Red Tree Productions is making commercials and has offices in Boston & New York
- Need an infomercial (and who doesn't) try ITV Direct
- Paul Boghosian's Harborside Films (another company that's been too busy to finish their website!^)
- And there is The Filmshack Director Robert Patton Spruell's production company
- Scout Productions once was located in Boston - Brighton, to be specific - but has, alas moved to NYC & LA - come back we miss you!!
- Saint Aire Productions was once comprised of HSSW founder Laura Bernieri, Christy Scott Cashman, Steve and Mike Cerrone
- Rhinoceros Productions - Monte Young and HSSW member D R Fraquarson's production company website was back - it was back! - you could read about Gavin's Way - and Billy Todd's War and their upcoming projects !! but now it's gone... again.
- HSSW Member Andrew Arthur's company Earthhart Productions LTD
- HSSW member Kathy Fitzgerald's Poverti Productions
- Lyve Media Productions is in Boston
- Chaos Pictures is in Hanover MA
- Check out Ten Days In December: One Elf's Account of the Revolution. by HSSW member David Bratton
- and new member Phil Ferriere 's website
- or Fireball Roberts Race To Live by HSSW member Josh Davidson
- or Wendy Lebron 's website
- Novelist Emily Costello has a website (and a cute picture of her!^)
- And check out HSSW member, actor and all around great guy Alex Daunis
- Looking for a DP? How about HSSW member Paul Falcone
- If you're a kid, or have ever been one, you have to check out the joyful fantasy The Adventures of Space Baby and Mental Man (or take a look at the commercial/industrial arm Heartbeat Media or Rex Dean's Photography Website (proving you can never have too many websites.....)
- There's Nick Weiss 's webstie
- Village Chief Productions
- Uncommon Productions has offices in LA - and Waltham and produced the incredible film Racing Against The Clock
- Ambrica Productions is also in Waltham
- and another HSSW alum A J Dimculangan has started Mystic River Films in Waltham - and check out their Ultimate Blues project
- OxRock Productions (Waltham, of course) bills itself as 'The Next Generation of Cinema"
- Not the next generation of cinema but still in Waltham and using video to help sell homes is New England Moves (that's "moves" not "movies"....!^)
- Need editing? Try Neotron Design (and for references check out www.linkedin.com )
- Moody Street Pictures is in Waltham too
- and Shields Media Productions is in... hey they have a 781 area code phone number
- Ya gotta love 'Ol Bait Shop Productions
- Also in Medford, D C Video (who completed a direct-to-video narrative feature "The Sleepwalker" in 2005).
- And the commercial/industrial video production company mBlaze
- Up the road in Malden is Eagles Path Productions and Malden Access Television
- Whiplash TV had shows on cable TV in Lowell, Boston, Cambridge (?) and ... Portland Oregon?!? - but sadly now the site is gone...
- In North Attleboro there's Imageiconent
- Killswitch Media has a 978 area code so it's outside of Boston but not too far out...
- And where is Boston Productions located? Norwood, MA of course...
- TQM Teleproductions LLC is in Boston
- CineKing Studios is in Essex now
- check out locally produced Cheddar DVD Video Magazine
- The Boston Film Festival is still going strong
- The Boston Jewish Film Festival
- check out The CHLOTRUDIS Society For Indpendent Film
- But check out The Roxbury Film Festival !
- The Boston Latino International Film Festival "Bridging Communities Through Movies"
- Or the Boston International Deaf Film Festival .
- Look into The Color Film Collaborative too!
- and don't forget the Women In Film & Video New England
- Ummm.... what were we doing again? Oh well - Do You Like Mysteries? How about Baker Street Productions
- Anybody else remember "Park Street Under"? Well there's a new sitcom in town! The Six Fifty Seven They're "Putting The Comedy Back In The Situation"
- And not to be outdone Boston University is producing it's own sitcom readallaboutit !
- Richard Faymonville's production company website Gallowglass Films has gone missing - then again he has been busy making movies! And another hssw member Brian Anderson's latest project - his syndicated comic strip Dog Eat Doug too)
- Does "We're pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking in New England" intrigue you? Check out Mindbeside Studios check out their feature The Killing Hand
- Flipside Films is in Worcester
- And Open Road Films is looking for their next project/screenplay!
- High Hat Films is up and running
- Rigged Productions is shooting "Losing It" summer '05 in Woods Hole
- Just to be different, if you're in the market for some health food/healthcare products, suppport our own Rocket Woman Nanette Skiba
- and to stay different, remember the movie "Stuck On You"? okay... remember the toys the boys were playing with? okay rent the movie and look... back already? good - they're called zero blasters - go get your very own!
- On the other hand if you're looking for health care videos contact Aquarius Health Care Media in Sherborn MA
- Bill Miller Films is also in Sherborn
- Arabian Productions is making shorts/historicals and more - check them out!
- Cast Party has several projects in the works and is located on the web and in or about Milton - I think... maybe.
- Phoenix Rising Films out of Fall River is making a series "Cricket Snapper - Based on true story of a man who goes to a Quincy dominatrix only to die of a heart attack."
- In Rumford RI Devlo Media Film & Video Production
- Waking Media does commercials (and they worked on Free Samples ) - it is a small world - and they have a great links page too.
- Newbridge Productions provides video services
- Finger Frame Pictures is in Somerville
- as is The Skillman Video Group
- and Blue Sky Red
- But if you're looking for a good entertainment lawyer, check out Janice Pieroni at her website http://www.storyartsmanagement.com/
- or John Ives !
- Or Vinca Jarrett
- and Kneerim & Williams at Fish & Richardson
- National Video Reporters, Inc. has offices in Boston & Woburn Also in Woburn - corporate video producer Mad Dash
- And if you need an errors and omissions report contact Anne Marie Murphy at Eastern Script Services .
- How about a production photographer? HSSW Alum Mikki Ansin is great - but her website's gone
- or Matthew McKee
- or Clair Folger
- or Noah David Smith who isn't just a photographer, he's a DP!
- The official Mass Ave Film Festival Web Site is gone - again - maybe it'll pop up somewhere soon
- The Boston Underground Film Festival comes 'round in August
- Meanwhile, here's a link to The Independent Film Festival of Boston The Boston Film & Video Foundation is gone but folks still can stay in touch by subscribing to bostonfilm@yahoogroups.com
- And there's The Filmmakers Collaborative
- The Bernard Toale Gallery located at 450 Harrison Avenue in Boston's South End hosts The Filmmaker's Workshop, allowing rough cuts of some great docs to be showcased! The Filmmaker's Workshop is a project of The Center For Independent DOCUMENTARY
- Anyone else remember The Boston Computer Society? No? Well, it's a long time gone - but there is The Boston Avid Users Group and Boston Final Cut Pro User's Group
- And for Teens there's the Burt Woods School
- In Newport, RI (and around the country) there's Kid Filmmakers ! Eleyne Austen Sharp is taking movie making to kids around the country.
- and the John Robert Powers School System
- And New England Film & Video Magazine
- and need I add... The Mass Media Alliance is gone too
- but IMAGINE News is still going strong
- as is NEED (a/k/a New England Entertainment Digest)
- The online version of SMPTE/NE Newsletter has either moved or is gone
- Mandy's Film & Television Directory - Massachusetts is still here
- but the U.S. Creative Directory is not
- Harvard Film Archives - the the best movies in Boston
- Lunchpail Productions
- Echo Bridge Productions is gone! Barbara and Dave where are you??!! - they made a great indie film Landfall a rough cut of which premiered at an HSSW meeting at Harvard University some years back - I loved the film and the Landfall IMDB Link are the last active links I could find.
- and another website bites the dust... Double Diamond Productions is no more
- Matrix Video has a page up and running
- The Allen | Roche Group
- Site Productions ,a collection of videos highlighting the beauty of New England (now why didn't I think of that!)
- And if you need stock footage of New England, try New England Stock Footage , of course!
- If you need stock photographs of New England check out the Fotosearch Stock Photography and Footage New England Section
- Modulus Studio is making shorts (& other stuff)
- Echo Bridge LLC in Needham is into distribution
- Boston also has another online film distributor Motionflicks
- Mindscape Pictures is making movies and selling them from their website - visit their site and support this local group of artists and filmmakers!
- And Clark Pond Associates is producing a TV show too.
- Speaking of TV your local Public Access Cable TV Channel - in Concord there's C C TV
- More 'local' cable stations...
- New England Sports Network , Comcast Cable's cn8
- Music, docs and more - oh my! Try The Charles River Media Group
- Blind Dog Films is Laurel Chiten's production company
- 6Media Group specializes in video and photography for musicians
- Pony Trouble is a 'cult' film (their description, not mine) and certainly one of the stranger pieces to come out of blue blood Boston - check it out. The producers had a Screenplay contest which they posted on Boston's Craigslist Another Underground Media company in Boston Ketcha Brick Productions
- Olive Barrel Productions is making shorts in Boston
- Catfish Productions is producing Cape Con on Cape Cod (and around Boston)
- And because not all writing is scriptwriting - here's the The Cape Cod Maritime Guide by sometimes screenwriter and all times sailor, fisherman, captain and all around good guy Michael J. Mullaney - if you're sailing 'round the bay, just visiting or just dreaming of visiting - it's a good book .
- Cobweb Films is just off theCape (in Mattapoisett I think)
- While you're on the cape, try some fishing with Michael and Cape Cod Flying Fish (and watch for his fishing videos and/or TV show!^)
- On the north shore? Watch for the production of The House Of Usher (hey Lloyd Kaufmann got his start w/this story!^)
- Up Revere way Door Eleven Productions produced Duality The Movie
- Benthic Blue Productions is making documentaries in Braintree (along with commercials, industrials, and some great underwater videography - and shorts and feature films too!^)
- Shining Light Productions is making docs in Chestnut Hill
- And for documentary distribution check out Fanlight Productions
- Ask Labs is making documentaries
- Julie Mallozzi Productions
- Magic Hour Communications
- Firewire Films
- Catzilla Productions is an independent film and video production company in Massachusetts (it says so on their website)
- Tube Media Productions
- Point Productions
- JetPak Productions (creators of Filmmakers Podcasts )
- Lubin Productions
- Robert Gilmore & Associates
- Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc.
- Also in Cambridge (and documentaries too) AHP a/k/a Allie Humenuk Productions
- CPS Productions is in Cambridge
- Nama Productions is HQ'd in Somerville but shoots docs all over the world
- A Fine Image , Cambridge, does wedding videos
- Hand Cranked Films has some great shorts and their feature "War" screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival on Aug 27th & 29th of 2004
- Robotham Creative, Inc. ( creators of the award winning short "Desperate Measures" }
- Just to be different Picture Park Productions is located on Waltham Street in Boston (with offices in Santa Monica, Toronot and Elmhurst IL)
- Fred and Ted Entertainment is (are?) located in Watertown and really are 'just plain funny'. Check out their short There Once Was a Man from Pawtucket hosted by Movieflix (it's free but you have to register and a high speed connection helps)
- also in H20town - Fablevision Studios
- and Rampion Visual Production
- Remember 'Voyage of the Mimi'? You can thank Peace River Studios in Cambridge, MA for that great kid's tv series!
- And in Chatham, Mooncusser Films LLC
- V P G Media is making learning videos in Boston
- And Pulse Media is in Watertown
- Element Productions
- Midnight Chimes Productions - Funny shorts - not the kind you wear (and a URL, www.bostonfilmnight.com which, for now at least, links to their site) Need music for your film or video? Contact the Hermes Orchestra
- And contact Seageer Video If you're shooting underwater
- The Video Network is in Ashland MA
- The Weisefilm Company a site not updated since 1996 ( and I thought I was bad !^)
- Plate Of Peas Productions is in Lexington & making some great documentaries
- speaking of great docs Traces Of The Trade "Producer/Director Katrina Browne tells the story of her forefathers, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history"
- The Mass F/X site is gone - but Mike Savino's Media House Films is still up and running
- another good-bye ... Kestrel Video Productions website is down
- LOTS of other video production companies....
- Emerson College
- David A. Cox aka Coxie Films has some shorts up here
- Stage Source now has it's own website
- The Actor's Workshop of Boston continues to provide training and services
- Boston Actors (and everyone else) can gather online at Boston's Acting Scene
- The Boston University Film amd Television website moved - but I found it, and they have a multimedia magazine Netcomtalk - which deals w/journalism as well - check it out
- And check out The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston Univeristy (located at 282 Moody Street in Waltham - along with a more than a dozen film, video & media companies). For those interested in working either behind the camera or in editing, this is the best hands on production program there is! and don't miss M I T's Interactive Cinema Group
- or the Department of Visual And Environmental Studies at Harvard
- or The Film Studies Center at Harvard University
- & Check out the doc Secondhand by FSC Film Fellow Hanna Rose Shell and Vanessa Bertozzi
- And here is the Boston College Film Studies website (as of 2008 - they'll move it again shortly...) .
- But there is a new group in town... the Television and Film Producers and Artists Association
- Boston Catholic Televison
- Grub Street Writers - a writer's workshop now located in Boston
- and there's the New England Screenwriter's Alliance a writer's workshop that's been around since 1997!
- Script Sages are writing, repping and generally helping scripts and movies get done in and around Boston too.
- Lorre Fritchy's web site - and be sure to check out her new site for her documentary on Sandy "Spin" Slade at http://www.masterpeaceproductions.com
- WGBH TV
- Interested in the new? How about TV over the internet! Check out Brightcove - they're using the power of broadband to create new networks.
- Meanwhile Lycos is streaming movies with chat rooms attached - check 'em out!!
- and don't forget Boston TV Beantown's first local web tv station!! (okay I think they're the 1st)
- and Gotuit Media The New View of Video On Demand
- Blackside, Inc.
- Not to be confused with Blackstripe Video (makers of School Of Horror )
- KTTK Productions was making a movie with the working title "Bay State" but his site now redirects to http://www.yellowlightsmovie.com/ - go figure.
- Collinge/Pickman Casting
- The Harrison Project actor's workshop website is gone and so is BAMB (the Boston Actor's Message Board) - what has happened to all the great info based websites??!!
- but the Actor's Workshop is still in business
- Peter Bezemes Casting ( The Actors Institute website takes you there too - as does The Casting Company website - proving once again you can never have too many arrows pointing toward your target - or something like that..)
- Boston Casting
- Maura Tighe Casting
- Digital Casting
- Between Gigs Casting
- In Warwick Rhode Island there's L D I Casting
- The Beacon Cinema Group
- Local Sightings
- The Coolidge Corner Theater (part of the Beacon Cinema web site)
- and in Arlington, MA there's The Regent Theater
- And Don't forget The Brattle Theater
- Justin Locke Productions ( technically not a film related web site, but the guy played the bass violin with the Boston Pops and has created a lot of great audio tapes, films, videos, CDs and - just go check it out)
- Storyteller Patrick Fitzhugh's The Boston Audissey are great fun and great examples of audio scripts.
- Paul McNamee's website
- And HSSW Member and stand up commedian Bill Campbell performs a gentle blend of comedy and theater - catch him (and a lot of other great talent) at Jimmy Tingle's
- You can still find Marisa D'Vari's website
- but Joan Noble Pinkham's Web Site is... no more.
- Paul Wagner ( a very funny guy - he was in 'Next Stop Wonderland' and lots more)
- General Films - making a couple documentaries on beauty and birth order - their website is generally missing....
- Deos CG - a computer graphics animation house that was into some cutting edge stuff - their website is gone... as is Project 450 once in Boston
-
My favorite Boston film, the brainchild of Laura Wilson, Roger Corman and
Cityscape Motion Pictures
( and not much remains of that promising co...)
- Domestic Bliss - it was a fun site while it lasted, but alas, it too 'tis gone...
- Urban Relics - the film is fine but the website is gone
- All The Rage - and another fine film with no webiste
- There's a new film (& website) The Legend Of Lucy Keyes watch for it!
- but HSSW's own Keith Johnson has a website for his film & production company Breaking Symetry (Keith is an MIT Physics prof - read the site carefully, there will be a test...)
- Bangor Films still has a website and they're still making movies - check out Little Shots of Happiness, Shucking the Curve and The Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu
- Peter Bohush's web site - then check out his other web site at http://www.writerdirector.com/ (now why didn't I think of that URL?)
- This Town was made in Boston by One Take Productions
- The Autumn Heart - a film I really loved - no longer has a website
- And as close as Miramax will let you link to the web site for Next Stop Wondeland Once there, you'll have to find your own way through the Miramax web site.... good luck!
- And one of my all time favorites A Midwife's Tale now has a webiste! In fact, there aer several websites - check out This one and And AND keep an eye out for her latest project Tupperware (coming via the series "American Experience" to a PBS station near you .
- And the Eternal Embrace Web site is gone, too
- but there's a Shadow Glories website and a Hamzeh Mystique Films is in Swampscott
- But there's a web site for the Stone Walk a pilgrimage in memory of the civilian casualties of war. What does this have to do with film or video? Well I'll tell you - there is a documentary made by Barry Schneier of Preston Productions (but it's not mentioned on the Stone Walk website) watch for the doc on PBS and support the peace abby
- films that should have their own web pages: "Home Before Dark", and "North End"!!!
- Need a pro video camera fixed? Contact Broadcast Video
- Rule Broadcast Systems, Inc.
- Donlin Teleproduction Engineering, LTD
- Crimson Tech
- Fast Lights Lighting & Grip
- ScreenLight and Grip
- Kaye Lites
- Talamas Broadcast Equipment
- Hunt's Phote & Video
- Macie Video Service
- Amvona sells tripods & backgrounds
- CrewStar
- High Output
- Boston Camera
- The Camera Company has been hosting the anual Pro Video Show since 1990
- Video Transfer
- National Boston
- Cramer Productions
- Need voice over talent or sound effects? Contact The Narration Station
- Need voice over production? Contact High Energy Production
- Or Chart Productions or Soundtrack (who also do post production sound for film & television )
- and if you're looking for an indie, foreign or cult video or DVD - try The Video Underground in Hyde Park
- For your online videotape purchases you can't do better than Tape Resources ! They have the best tape prices and customer service too.
- Start with a group that's interested in plays and films Fusion Works
- check out Boston Theater Scene dot com
- HSSW member David Maureillo has a website promoting his plays including Just Say Love
- Zeitgeist Stage Company is " one of the ten best productions in Boston" (The Boston Herald, Dec 31, 2004)
- In Waltham there's The Hovey Players
- and Concord has The Concord Players
- There's The Company Theater in Norwell and Westford has The Nashoba PLaayers
- The The Curtain Call Theater in Braintree
- The A. R. T. (America Repertory Theater) in Cambridge
- The Citi Center For The Performing Arts (but I still call it the Wang Center...)
- Need team building but want entertainment? Comedy Theater Productions is a theater company that utilizes unique interactive events, athletic challenges, and theater based games to increase social interactivity (which apparently means 'have fun' in adultspeak).
- speaking of sketch comedy Hooray For Fun is having fun too.
- or check out Tomb !
- and the Boston Online theater links page, which has links to just about everything else theatrical in and around Beantown.
- The West Hartford Screenwriters at the West Hartford Public Library - an excellent writers group.
- Connecticut has a film office - which you can find here (check out the list of indie films shot in CT - why can't Massachusetts help the indie film scene like that?!!)
- In Vermont thre's Bird Girl Productions and they're working a really important doc - check them out! and donate if you can!
- The Providence Film Commission website is out of commission (too bad, it was a really great site)
- and now the Rhode Island Film Office is gone too, Here's the closest thing to a RI Film website (* sigh *)
- If you're in Providence, check out the The Cable Car Cinema's Picture Start Film Series
- and The Perishable Theater which, along with traditional and non-traditional theater shows the occasional film short.
- Meanwhile, The RI Film Collaborative is making shorts
- and Providence Pictures is making great docs
- And The Bullseye Creative Group is in Bristol RI
- The Community Writers Association (a RI writer's group - whose website is gone)
- but Timberwolf Entertainment is making feature films (are there any timberwolves in RI?)
- For those west of Boston but east of LA, there's the Berkshire Writers Room
- And they're making movies in western MA too! (okay, partly VT, but what the heck - check out 7 to 10 Days
- Penfield Productions is in Agawam
- as is Movie Memories
- and Beardmore Video is busy too
- The Maine Film Office
- And in development down east Hell At 30 Below
- And while you're 'down east' check out Mystical Media Productions
- Avid Technology (I know, they're in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, which is hardly around the world from Boston)
- and in Marlboro, Massachusetts, there is Media 100
- Edgewood Studios is doing good and doing well in Vermont
- The Nantucket Film Fesitival (just off the coast)
- And speaking of 'just off the coast' - check out The Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival
- and at the end of the Cape there's the Provincetown Film Festival
- And don't forget the Newport Film Festival
- and The Global Lens a/k/a The Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- scrivere per il cinema (the Italian site had a link back to Harvard Square Scriptwriters which was out of date for years (like I should talk) and now it's gone)
- Northampton Film Festival
- The Northern Lights Documentary Film Festival (again, just down the road, not even out of the state, actually...)
- and then there's the Woods Hole film festival...
- The New Hampshire Film Festival
- and from New Hampshire the film Southbounder an Indie film from '08 - well received by www.filmstew.com - and Variety magazine too - check it out
- and check out the New Hampshire Film & Television Office
- And while you're in New Hampshire, check out Su-City Pictures East and Susan Kouguell's book "The Savvy Screenwriter" (better yet, check it out on line).
- BrainAche Productions is in Dover NH
- And guess what... the "new film fest" - the Cripple Creek Film Festival website is gone, as is their sponsor, Aspin Leaf Promotions (and it isn't even in New England!)
- In Maine there's City Psychic ( definitely worth a look!)
- and Mass.Illusions (A premire special effects house once located in Lennox Massachusetts, but then moved to Alameda, California) is no longer located at their old website
- U Mass- Amherst Program in Film Studies
- Viewfinder - covers all of New England
- The Stock Footage Co-op wesbsite is gone - too bad! What a great concept!
- but Stock Pix - is another place to look for pictures
- The British Film Institute
- and the Kansas City Scriptwriters website is gone... or it's moved - or... who knows?!
- The London Screenwriters' Workshop
- For music The Music Licensing Library an online resource with information on licensing film, TV and video game production music.
- And The Screenwritign Garage in North Hollywood can't be found on the web... (they offer - or used to offer - donations supported classes and help from industry professionals to budding screenwriters )
- And if you're interested in more than just writing scripts - check out IndieClub and Micro Cinema
- And United Independent Media UIM is not only a portal designed to inform visitors about the world of independent film it is the destination for great films produced by independent filmmakers. Sure that's a big promise - but go check 'em out!
- And for World Effect - check out the The New England Film Movement (and feel free to join in
- and for an entertainment network out of Sherwood Oaks check out ZDT Entertainment Network
- And do I even need to point out that the much touted Massachusetts movie fund (www.moviefund.com - don't bother trying - the website is gone) didn't get funded, and the teamsters backed M.O.V.I.E. group website is gone (seems their fearless leader, Mr. Cashman , is otherwise engaged) but if you ever see a sound stage in Charlestown, let me know...
- Take a look at Mr. Buckethead - This is what film is all about... maybe.
- And if it ain't, well - here's a link to a funny video (be patient - its an 8.5 meg mpg file on free host site w/low bandwidth)
- Like folk music? Check out Songstreet Productions or Club Passim
And a couple more local films to watch for ....
Some film and video service, supplies and equipment sites (which I hope to add to soon)
And for a "complete" list of movies shot in and around Massachusetts...
Wicked Good Guide to Mass. Movies and then try Boston Movie Tours and visit Boston's really important places (you know, the ones made famous in film!^)
If you're interested in the stage...
And for everything else in and around Boston, try
And some great film related web sites around the world....
And Finally.... in a catagory by itself, The Writer's Room of Boston celebrates it's 15th anniversary in 2004 - Hey! They've been around almost as long as us!! And more links are coming soon - promise!
Thing you might want to make movies?? The try The 48 Hour Film Project or